Could the US Access to Care Model Point the Way for the UK?

As the NHS and social care providers grapple with deepening inequalities in digital health access, a major US insurer’s programme to place smartphones and tablets directly in the hands of underserved patients offers a practical blueprint and a timely provocation for British care commissioners and technology suppliers.
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From ICU To Living Room Portable Heart-Lung Technology Is Redefining Emergency Care At Home

As pre-hospital ECMO trials gather momentum internationally, the implications for community health services and urgent care delivery are profound, raising urgent questions for NHS commissioners and care technology innovators about what truly advanced care in the home could look like. Continue reading From ICU To Living Room Portable Heart-Lung Technology Is Redefining Emergency Care At Home

Could A New Wave Of Nerve Stimulation Technology Transform Chronic Pain Care At Home?

Medtronic’s planned $650 million acquisition of SPR Therapeutics has shone a global spotlight on temporary peripheral nerve stimulation, a minimally invasive, drug-free approach to chronic pain that could hold significant implications for community health services and home-based care across the UK. Continue reading Could A New Wave Of Nerve Stimulation Technology Transform Chronic Pain Care At Home?

Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Why Digital Accessibility In Home Care Can No Longer Be An Afterthought

As we mark Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the UK care sector faces a reckoning, the digital tools reshaping home care and community health services are, for too many disabled and older people, simply out of reach. Continue reading Global Accessibility Awareness Day: Why Digital Accessibility In Home Care Can No Longer Be An Afterthought

Philips Wins Eight-Year Hospital-at-Home Contract

A landmark eight-year contract in Sweden sees Philips lead a consortium delivering continuous remote monitoring to up to 15,000 complex patients annually in their own homes. As NHS England accelerates its own virtual ward ambitions, the implications for home care technology and community health services across the UK are considerable. Continue reading Philips Wins Eight-Year Hospital-at-Home Contract